Colorado Week in Review

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• Watch Denver’s July 4 drone show, featuring Blucifer, mountainscapes and more
• Colorado Quantum Tech Hub getting $40.5 million infusion of federal funds
• Fan Expo Denver 2024: Everything you need to know

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• Colorado law protecting bees, online privacy go into effect
• This Colorado mountain town banned the sale of single-use plastic
• New Colorado law adds protection for trans community

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• Avian flu confirmed in a Colorado farmworker, marking fourth human case in U.S. since March
• First case of tularemia found in Wheat Ridge resident, Jefferson County health officials say
• Colorado man gets 60 years for setting fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5

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• Police warn migrants washing windshields in Denver intersections could be cited
• Homeless advocates decry SCOTUS ruling
• Denver police to crack down on expired license plate registration for 1 month citing citizen complaints

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• $75 million in federal funds flow into Colorado Springs to expand computer chip manufacturing
• Team of female Colorado STEM students invents wildlife detection device
• Thousands of cyclists hit the streets for Colorado’s Bike to Work Day

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• Colorado’s contested Democratic primaries turned on more than ideology, despite prominent lawmakers’ losses
• Mysterious monolith has northern Colorado pointing, theorizing and buzzing
• Colorado State Patrol expands free steering wheel lock program to 9 locations

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• Living near oil and gas sites in Colorado could make irregular heartbeat symptoms worse, CU study says
• Grasshoppers devastating Colorado farmers’ crops and pastures in Yuma County
• ‘There’s not enough of us to go around’: VA nurses rally in Aurora claiming a staffing crisis

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• Boebert will likely fill the House seat vacated by congressman who criticized the GOP’s extremes
• Election losses, party tumult and frustration driving effort to remove Colorado GOP chair
• Xcel says it needs $1.9 billion to prevent future wildfires as it faces nearly 300 lawsuits over Marshall fire

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• ‘Rooted in the fight for freedom’ — A beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
• ‘We are here. We’re queer. Get used to it’: 50 Years of Denver Pride
• Denver Basic Income Project gave homeless people cash and saved taxpayers almost $600,000 in the process, report says

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• Janitors fight for better wages and working conditions in Colorado
• Campaigns and outside groups are pouring millions into Colorado’s congressional races ahead of the primary election
• CPW sights first gray wolf pup from reintroduced wolves, names pack

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• Front Range landscaper likely cause of Japanese beetle threat to western Colorado agriculture
• Former Northern Colorado teacher and Boy Scout leader convicted of raping boys for nearly 20 years
• Club Q shooter pleads guilty to 74 federal charges, sentenced to life in prison

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• Leader of CO Republican Party — Who’s Running for Congress — Raises the Possibility That His Primary Election Will Be Rigged
• Federal judge blocks Colorado’s new cap on interest rates for out-of-state banks
• Colorado Supreme Court hears arguments in transgender cake case Tuesday

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• Longest-ever flight from Denver International Airport takes off Tuesday
• All the Juneteenth Events in Metro Denver
• Colorado Rockies Do Something Never Done Before in Modern Era of Baseball History

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• Abortion rights advocates in Colorado prepare for more legal challenges
• Efforts to build an “airport city” called Colorado Aerotropolis are now official
• New Colorado program will make recycling free for everyone

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• Plutonium found in air near former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant
• Report finds Colorado was built on $1.7 trillion of land expropriated from tribal nations
• Alleged Planned Parenthood shooter may be forcibly medicated, appeals court rules

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• ‘No end date in sight’ for RTD light rail repairs, according to state regulators
• Jeffco GOP censures local leader who called for state party chair’s removal
• Pride flags stolen from several Arvada homes in recent weeks

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• Boeing’s Starliner successfully docks with space station after challenging rendezvous
• Two years of free college? For some students in Colorado, the answer will soon be, ‘Yes’
• Colorado Springs opens new LGBTQ community center nearly 18 months after Club Q shooting

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• More protections for Uber, Lyft, DoorDash drivers in Colorado as Gov. Jared Polis signs bills
• Colorado governor signs bill regulating prone restraints
• Colorado governor signs law banning hand-held use of phones while driving

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• Southern Poverty Law Center reports 30 antigovernment or hate groups in Colorado
• Nearly 10,000 Suncor air pollution violations in 5 years could lead to citizen lawsuit, groups warn
• Colorado boy, 4, attacked by an elk in Estes Park – the second such attack in less than a week

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• Fallout from Colo. GOP’s anti-LGBTQ+ messages continues as state Republican leaders call on chairman to resign
• Pueblo syringe exchange ban temporarily blocked by district judge
• Donald Trump endorses Republican Gabe Evans in Colorado’s battleground 8th Congressional District

• Trump Guilty on All Counts in Hush-Money Case
• Colorado politicians react to Trump guilty verdict
• Colorado officials react to Donald Trump’s conviction, from saying he “lacks moral capacity” to criticizing “scam trial”
• Donald Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes. Here’s how Colorado leaders are reacting.
• Colorado officials, politicians react after Trump found guilty on felony hush money charges
• Colorado congressional delegation reacts to former President Trump’s conviction in hush money trial
• Colorado Politicians and Leaders React to Trump Guilty Verdict
• ‘Sham verdict’: Lauren Boebert comes to Trump’s defense, blasts felony conviction
• Trump’s team clamps down on Republicans using him to fundraise
• ‘I was wrong’: Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis loses her Colorado law license for three years
• Publisher of ‘2,000 Mules’ election conspiracy theory film issues apology
• Colorado Republicans ‘rumble’ over who’s the best fit for 4th, 8th districts

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• “Enormous progress” for tenants: Here’s how the Colorado legislature tried to help renters in 2024
• Colorado State University’s corpse flower bloomed. Here’s how to see (and smell) it
• Wolverines to be reintroduced in Colorado

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• After Colorado leaders protest, Congress scales back proposal to move National Guard units to Space Force
• Colorado governor signs bills to regulate funeral homes more rigorously after years of abuses
• EPA awards $8 million to Colorado communities for environmental cleanup

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• Edwards leads Wolves back from 20-point deficit for 98-90 win over defending NBA champion Nuggets
• The cost of gas is about to spike in Colorado. How high will it go?
• Knee-deep hail in small Colorado town calls for heavy equipment, snow shovels to clear

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• Ski areas can’t use liability waivers to get out of all negligence claims, Colorado Supreme Court rules
• Cause for Concern? Colorado’s Top Business Group Goes Dark Following Property Tax Deal
• Democrats rally against governor’s veto of workers rights bills

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• Nuggets host Timberwolves in a Game 7 for the ages
• Colorado advocates hail ‘year of transit’ as Gov. Polis signs funding bills into law
• ‘Ozzy Osbourne’ no match for stubborn Colorado bear in neighborhood tree

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• Gov. Jared Polis signs pair of gun bills affecting storage of weapons in cars, investigations
• Applications open for temporary rental assistance Wednesday
• Antiwar protesters at Auraria Campus have ended their encampment

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• Avalanche eliminated in double overtime, Stars advance to Western Conference Final
• Second guilty plea in Colorado rock-throwing case sets up trial for third
• Excessive force lawsuit against Colorado Springs Police Department results in $2.1 million settlement

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• Polis: China tariff hikes ‘horrible news’ for consumers
• Rep. Boebert attending Trump hush money trial Thursday
• State party endorses CD3 candidate before GOP primary

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• Aurora seen around Denver, across Colorado
• Jamal Murray, Nuggets bounce back in Game 3 blowout of Wolves
• 2024 a ‘breakthrough session for Colorado’ lawmakers

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• Looking to Union Station’s past, Denver hopes to bring $500 million to revitalize downtown
• Abortion access fund in Colorado on track to spend much more in 2024
• Colorado lawmakers, LGBTQ+ community members kick off ballot initiative to protect same-sex marriages

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• Rick Sallinger, veteran journalist who worked at CBS News Colorado since early 90s, dies
• 47-year-old cold case in Colorado Springs solved
• One of three suspects in rock-throwing death of Alexa Bartell pleads guilty

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• Colorado officials continue push against proposal to shift National Guard authority from governors
• 70 people being monitored for bird flu in Colorado
• Engineers prepping options for Blue Mesa Bridge repair

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• Catch some Cinco culture at these Denver events this weekend
• How Should Colorado Handle Its Booming Moose Population?
• Proposal to federally reclassify marijuana met with excitement, questions and hope for future in Colorado

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• TABOR refunds would become income tax cuts under Colorado bill
• Colorado’s governor, legislature have spent 2024 trying to reshape RTD. Now they want to force it to complete its rail routes.
• Bill to reintroduce wolverines to Colorado advancing in legislature

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• NBA playoffs scores, takeaways: Wolves hold off Nuggets to take Game 1 of Western Conference second round
• Jeffco GOP cancels Kristi Noem event amid dog-killing controversy
• Colorado mom who went missing in 2020 died by homicide, autopsy says

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• Colo GOP Puts Trump Purity Tests to Primary Candidates Seeking Party Endorsement
• Readers Take Denver cancels 2025 conference after attendees decry “Fyre Festival of books”
• Amid ongoing Colorado criminal investigation, Lakeside town trustees say “We can’t continue this type of behavior”